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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region Labrador (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
321
1777
2972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
321
1777
2972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
303
1730
2883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
221
1502
2597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
63
368
683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
49
241
461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
37
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
22
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies
8
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Labrador
8 Genera with 14 Species
Clinocera Meigen, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1862Balloon Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Metachela Coquillett, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 20022SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Labrador
14 Species
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera longifurca Melander, 1928
Clinocera nivalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera trunca Melander, 1928
Dolichocephala chillcotti Sinclair & M..., 2012
Empis (Coptophlebia) dasychira Mik, 1878
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis obesa Loew, 1861
Heleodromia pullata Melander, 1902
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hilara unicolor Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Metachela albipes Walker, 1849
Rhamphomyia incompleta Loew, 1863Copper mallow
Rhamphomyia pendens Bartak, 2002

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in Labrador
SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Empididae at aramel.free.fr
Empididae at artfakta.se
Empididae at dyntaxa.se
Empididae at gbif.org
Empididae at irmng.org
Empididae at itis.gov
Empididae at marinespecies.org